I know that my tendency is to somewhat complain of being weary on Sunday nights.  This is something that will hopefully diminish as the weeks go by.  But you will need to bear with me at least one more time before defeating this habit.  Today was the day for me to lead the song service along with speaking.  You know we are without a music or student minister.  I tried everything but had no luck finding someone for today.  One time a really good idea came to my brain but neither did it work out.  Guess it is a good thing that my background includes enough music training to know how to wave my hands.  Most of the time I was able to almost keep beat with the hymns.  The truth is my aim was to just keep in step with our musicians.  They are way more talented than myself so perhaps they weren't too embarassed. 

Another very good thing is the fact that my daughter was home this weekend.  So what we did is I waved my arms while letting her lead out in the singing.  Singing is a long way from a talent of mine.  I do fair with music as long as no singing is required.  She is the one with the talent for singing.  I should also add that my youngest does pretty good with singing also.  We did get through the morning service without too many ears ringing from my efforts.  Talking is far more familiar for me.  Speaking to groups never bothers me most of the time.  There is something about singing that almost leaves me breathless.  Maybe the best word to describe my emotions is panic?

God gives each person who trusts Him some measure of gifts or abilities.  Giftedness is not an option for the follower of Jesus.  Where we fall short is whether or not we use those gifts with His power.  Some believers never discover those gifts for various reasons.  Some believers may know their talents yet choose not to use them.  Some may simply avoid joining the adventure of church life due to fears, guilt or some other internal reason.  The result is too few people end up with too much power to be protected rather than being turned loose in ministry.  Doing church was never to be about organization or power structures.  There is honestly only one organizational chart in scripture.  It's when God is in charge and His people all live out their gifts in life.  It never changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament.  We are all called to be servants of God.  He makes us all equal partners in carrying out the ministry.  And that does include me in that statement.

Somedays doing ministry calls for us to move from our comfort zone.  This happened to me today.  It may happen tomorrow in different ways.  God calls us to serve Him first.  Out of that relationship will come the times we intersect with others.  We may get weary on occasion.  We may find times our tasks seem uncomfortable.  But is it worse to try and fail or to fail by never trying? 

Bro. Trey